Tart Crust ; or Pie Crust, also.
2 cups flour
1 cup Crisco vegetable shortening, mushed up good.
2/3's tsp salt
4 Tblspn cold water
1 tablespoon vinegar
3 tablsespoons brown sugar or white. ( skip the sugar for vegetable pies or qaiche, cheese dishes etc)
Mix thoroughly in mixer on lo for twenty minutes. Mold into 12 tart pan spaces. The dough should be soft and moldable, yet also falls apart if stretched or etc. Add contents of one can Cherry Pie filling or etc. among the twelve tart shells.
Bake for twenty five minutes, up to 35 mins., at about 375. Should look browned, but not dark! Take them out before they start t turn darker brown anywear! Cook in mid-oven, with a metal shield between tart pan and any naked electric elements, if possible.
Let cool 1/2 hour before attemting to remove from pan. Make sure the tart pan is well oiled before putting in the shells to avoid sticking later.
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